Total run time:
1h 23m
How did the Founders envision federalism? Why is it a crucial part of our Constitutional government? Is it still functioning today in the way it was intended? This unit covers basic questions about the need and demand for federalism, as well as more in-depth discussions of both historical and modern clashes between states and the federal government.
How are the states laboratories of experimentation when it comes to Constitutional Law? Justice Brandeis famously talked about the virtues of states as laboratories of experimentation in the early 1900's on questions of public policy. Now, Judge Jef
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How are the states laboratories of experimentation when it comes to Constitutional Law? Justice Brandeis famously talked about the virtues of states as laboratories of experimentation in the early 1900's on questions of public policy. Now, Judge Jeffrey Sutton argues that the states serve as laboratories of experimentation for federal law both in authoring constitutional provisions, and in how to interpret those various guarantees.
Jeffrey S. Sutton sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Judge Sutton was a partner with the law firm of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue in Columbus, Ohio, and served as State Solicitor of the State of Ohio. He also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Lewis F. Powell, Jr. (Ret.), the Honorable Antonin Scalia and the Honorable Thomas J. Meskill. He is the author of 51 Imperfect Solutions: States and the Making of American Constitutional Law.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
1h 23m
Course:
Total videos:
25
Difficulty:
First Year